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New iPads available for student use

Jessica Stallings March 6, 2013

All students now have access to the 40 new iPads that joined the shelves in Rice Library. The iPads became available to check out Monday, and students can keep them for up to a week without renewals. The...

Salary increases may be on the way

Jessie Hellmann March 6, 2013

As budget hearings loom closer, many faculty members wonder whether it will be the year for an across-the-board raise - something none of them have received in two years. Compensation will be the faculty...

Some undocumented students could get second chance

Ariana Beedie March 6, 2013

“It’s not the undocumented students fault their parents brought them to the United States as babies,” said Melissa Chavez, advertising major and founding member of Latinos Unidos. “They were just...

USI/KWC rivalry ending

Zane Clodfelter March 6, 2013

When the final buzzer sounded after No. 19 Southern Indiana defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 71-55 at the PAC Thursday, it signified not only the end of the game and regular season, but also the end of a rivalry. With...

Ford Center to host first Division II event

Zane Clodfelter March 6, 2013

Although the site now boasts nothing more than a large hole, the intersection of Boeke Avenue and Division Street in Evansville was once home to Roberts Stadium, a destination for Division II basketball...

Nursing program continues to improve with DEU

Ariana Beedie March 6, 2013

The Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) teaches nursing majors how to adequately care for patients in a hospital setting. St. Mary’s nursing staff collaborates with nursing students to carefully prepare them...

Music, movies and more: “Dead Space 3”

Roberto Campos March 6, 2013

“Dead Space 3” Rating: 4/5 stars  At its core, “Dead Space 3” is a game that will have you cursing whoever came up with the idea of air vents. And this isn’t a bad thing. The premise...

Music, movies and more: “Amok”

Jake Bethel March 6, 2013

“Amok” Atoms for Peace Rating: 3.5/5 Super groups are an odd idea for me. I usually sleep on them because something inside me expects the result to be an over-polished talent-fest in which no...

Guest lecturer uses Harry Potter to keep medieval times ‘alive’

Meredith Harris March 6, 2013

Stretching beyond the realm of the Harry Potter world, some characters in the series mirror the lives of Medieval Saints. Wendy Hennequin, English Associate Professor at Tennessee State University,...

Are you REDI?

Haley Fulk March 6, 2013

Pacers tickets, artwork, gift certificates, jewelry and even a guitar - rumored to include lessons - are some of the items up for bidding today as a part of  “Are You REDI?” “Are You REDI?”...

Vagina monologues: ‘Learn to respect, learn how to love better’

Shannon Hall March 6, 2013

A 17-year-old boy kissed a 17-year-old-year girl and she got wet. The boy told her that she smelled bad. Since then, the girl never again got close to a man. Later, they found the cancer. This is an...

RopeWalk Reading Series: Chad Simpson

Haley Fulk March 1, 2013

Chad Simpson said he writes about the Midwest because he dislikes of its “monolithic” characterless stereotype - the stereotype most of the Tri-State understand. Simpson is the epitome of a current...

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